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47 thoughts on “Exploring Green Building and the Future of Construction”

  1. I want those techniques applied for social housing, which looks to me to be a far more important use of buildings, given most office workplaces are online, and the housing affordability crysis is wrecking the market.

  2. Lovely tech ..if your a big rich company or a rich person…

    But like all the clever fancy tech, it will not filter down to the main population whom are too poor to afford it. No amount of mass production seems to solve that problem..

    Because the companies wish to make tons of money from the tech since it cost millions to design it.

    So they aim only to sell to the big rich parts of the population and then when asked about the poor, they say Oh we understand the need and will aim to do it more cheaper?
    But never do it. because it would loose money. but because of PR image they keep saying and claiming they care and they just need time! Hoping you forget they said they do it.

  3. Yes, Electrochromatic glass is very good. However, how many people can afford to pay its current price? Unless we start changing the system from cost-based in UK to something like in Germany, which is Quality-Based, I doubt we are going to see this technology in affordable houses very soon. I live in one of those ''Affordable House'' in Canary Wharf in UK, and luckily I live on the northern side. Guess how people feel on the southern part of the building. And No, they don't have Electrochromatic glass technology on their windows. They are running Conditioning all day, and still the temperature is very high inside. And yes, all our flats have AA-Energy Certificates in our hands. Where is that net-zero technology for ordinary people? Simple rotating of the building about 30-45 degrees from the south side will not only save money on Electrochromatic Glass, but also Air conditioning run. Natural ventilation will work perfectly.

  4. I can’t emphasize enough that simple is best when it comes to living in harmony with the ecology. Things looking cool and new doesn’t make it a real solution. The complexity these ideas involve is the very thing that makes them yet another hungry energy mouth to feed. They are just another problem and just a consumption trick conscious or not.

  5. I think there are some good ideas, mixed in with lots of pretty poorly thought out ones. My home was built using a new shingle made to decompose faster in the landfill. Turns out it decomposed on my roof causing water leakage and damage after 10 short years. And the builder installed these exterior lights designed to ONLY allow CFL to be used by using a non-standard base for the bulb – that were no longer made when I went to replace the bulbs. So the landfill now also has 4 light fixtures in it that were obsolete.
    Make a note to do another show in 5 years about what worked and what didn’t.

  6. The UN city in Copenhagen is also a green building. It has solar panels, and automatic external shades which help to utilize sunlight for heating or shut it out in the summer, and also insulates the building (At night all the shades close and the building becomes all white). I Don't know if it's net-zero, but it does have very small energy consumption and it's been certified by a green building committee!
    https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Byen

  7. Late to the game on this video, but glad I found it. I am just in the midst of designing a new highly efficient and green studio as a case study for future clients and hopefully to showcase new technology to the city and it's residents. If anyone has any ideas or would like to contribute to the effort, I would love to hear from them. Cheers.

  8. Leed certification is good, but is not the most rigorous building standard. Basically as long as they are able to create enough energy to power itself. Now Passive standards requires much more than that insulating the structure as well as the interior air has to go through the house providing fresh air in all areas. As well as having large windows. Using heat pump which takes exterior temperature heat to heat their water. Everything requires triple the amount that normal houses have.

  9. So it's all good and well to try and get "net zero", what is left out of the picture is often grey energy, the energy that goes into making the materials we build with. If we don't the sustainability of the building is only posturing, because you just displace the energy you save in production of the steel, concrete and glass the building is made of.

  10. I am a lifelong environmentalist and a native of Seattle WA, where the Bullitt Foundation building is located. The Bullitt sister's were strong committed environmentalists in our community but depended on advice from others to establish the building's design.

    Mr Ferrell's video's are usually better researched. His assertion: that the environmentally aspirational Bullitt Center is a successful environmental gem – is wholly false. The list of horrible design mistakes is a long one, beginning with grossly inefficient solar panels on the roof which were chosen to tap into WA State's tax credits regardless of their very poor solar energy performance. One facilities person told me most of the "made in Washington" solar panels and inverters failed in just a few years and had not been replaced.

    I visited the building many times usually in support of local environmental political fundraisers held there. The composting toilets were infamous for bad smells and just not working as intended. The system was eventually ripped out and replaced wholesale by the building management with a more traditional design with a veneer of green design. Not that the original building toilet system was ever stained in it's initial years of operation, because the Bullitt Center was notorious in the Seattle real estate community for sky high rents, high tenant turnover, and perennially an abysmally low occupancy rate – tenant staff just did not like being in the structure. The building was poorly laid out, had faulty infrastructure even when brand new and cost much more to maintain than other commercial buildings in the area.

    In short, as a subscriber to Mr Ferrell's channel, I wish he would focus less on cranking out a set quantity of YouTube videos and turn his attention to better research even when his desired initial politically correct conclusions turn out to be misplaced. There are fine examples of LEED buildings that he overlooked. It's a shame he unintentionally perpetuated a design myths. Facts matter…. he frequently tells us.

  11. Sustainability unfortunately does not solve everything, planting a jungle close to home will attract unwanted animals and insects, and in the future there will be less space, I know how to create a world that would solve various problems such as violence, hunger, inequality and environmental problems, it would take centuries , but we would have to start now!

  12. I had to turn off this intersting session because of the high-pitched tone in the background. I find it irritating and distracting. In some of the videos it bothers me less.

  13. Net zero buildings (or rather, buildings that at least try to minimise their energy use) are an important way to reduce energy costs in a civilisation that is rapidly running into an energy crisis – where grid-based energy will increase in price. Not all buildings can convert or afford the extra cost in their construction, but these large expensive skyscrapers catering to wealthy clients (rather than, say, low-income housing) really have very little excuse. It is up to governments to enforce standards like these.

  14. We need to be mindful of the materials used, and the amount of energy consumed in the production of building materials, especially when retrofitting existing buildings. This is often overlooked.
    Also, one if the main reasons I've seen developers aren't interested in building "green", is there is no incentive, especially since so many sell the properties ASAP.

  15. it would be good to get away from large "office" or "rabbit hutch" square and dead designed "efficient" buildings and look to create efficient "down to earth" dwellings which incorporate nature as an integral part of design.. gardens, trees, flowers, animals and open space… without pavement.. hover vehicles..etc. I think we have the tech that could create this..but can we literally.."think/dream out of the box entirely?" There is much hidden fully developed tech being utilized with an agenda for "complete control" …

  16. Europe has placed sanctions on Russia. So how is Europe going to stay warm without Russian oil. Will Europe have to resort to coal, a dirty fossil fuel. It's impossible to turn on a switch and expect the world to go green. Third world countries do not have the monetary resources to construct green structures. Let's start by cleaning up the garbage on the streets of San Francisco, L.A. , St. Louis , Chicago, Paris , Mexico City….

  17. low/zero flush urinal is a very bad idea. i used to work for a company that tested zero flush urinals in a rarely used building. then they upgraded all the buildings to zero flush. entire buildings stink……. 🙂 Then i worked for a company whose building was LEADS certified. They also had to replace the zero flush urinals with regular urinals….. the LEADS certification stay …… 🙂

  18. Mycelium isnt a spore. Its a series of single celled organisms that create a root like structure that is used to gather food and water in order to produce mushrooms or other fruit bodies.

  19. Could you look into putting micro thin flakes of gold in earth orbit to cool the earth and a vacuum cleaner (no pun intended) to hoover them up when the planet has cooled… would it cool the earth or not? Would it reflect the heat from the earth too much?… of course we have Elon Musk however, as you would expect, he is hard to get hold of! Thanks… Martin

  20. Am a little late coming to this video, I've been going through your back catalogue since discovering your channel. My dad has built a few green buildings, using hay bales. The walls may be thick but does it ever make for good insulation, it is so easy to heat and cool.

  21. Back in high school, circa 1980, we had a geography teacher that was interested in energy efficient housing. Some of the criteria was related to windows, roofing, wall design and eaves, as this was single and two level dwellings. The house that scored highest was a corrugated iron exterior wall house, tin roof, wide eaves, and very small east facing windows, and only two windows we could see on the north side of the house.

    Today, I am looking to build with Compressed Stabilised Earth Bricks (CSEB) done as a solid brick house, use geothermal heating and cooling from about 3.5 metres below ground level, eaves to allow winter sun, but block the summer sun. Earth brick roofing tiles, and attempt to use battery storage from solar and vertical axis wind turbines, so the house can go off grid. With the wastewater, that should be able to be reused for toilet, and treated through an on site septic system. It will take a few years for me to get to completion, but, I will look to posting videos of the process, so viewers can have a good laugh at my expense!

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